The Tristan chord
Subtitle: Wagner and philosophy
By: Bryan Magee.
Edition: 1st Owl Books ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9780805071894
Subjects: Wagner, Richard, -- 1813-1883 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Wagner, Richard, -- 1813-1883 -- Philosophy.; Operas -- 19th century.; Antisemitism -- Germany.; Composers -- Germany.; Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Notes: Originally published under the title Wagner and philosophy: London : Penguin, 2000.

"A Metropolitan/Owl Book."

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: First the music; title: Wagner as a young German; title: Wagner the Left-wing revolutionary; title: Wagner, Feuerbach and the future; title: Wagner's misleading reputation; title: Opera as Greek drama; title: Some of The Ring's leading ideas; title: Wagner's discovery of Schopenhauer; title: The philosophy of Schopenhauer; title: Wagner re-evaluates his values; title: The turn; title: Metaphysics as music; title: Philosophy as opera; title: Music as drama; title: First the orchestra; title: The crowning achievement; title: Wagner and Nietzsche; title: Appendix: Wagner's anti-semitism.